Calliostoma sakashitai

Calliostoma sakashitai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma sakashitai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. sakashitai
Binomial name
Calliostoma sakashitai
(Sakurai, 1994)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Calliostoma) sakashitai (Sakurai, 1994)
  • Tristichotrochus sakashitai Sakurai, 1994

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus).

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References
  1. Calliostoma sakashitai (Sakurai, 1994). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
  • "Calliostoma (Calliostoma) sakashitai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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